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Maine Militia, War of 1812: Lieut. Col. J. Spring's Regiment

Source: Records of the Massachusetts volunteer militia called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a threatened invasion during the war of 1812-14 (Boston, Mass.: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1913).

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Lieut. Col. J. Spring's Regiment.
Stationed at Saco.
Field and Staff.
John Spring, Lieutenant Colonel, Standish
Samuel Merrill, Major, Biddeford

William Waterman, Major, Buckston
John F. Scammon, Adjutant, Saco
Enoch Moody, Quartermaster, Saco
Josiah Calef, Paymaster, Saco
Thomas Thornton, Surgeon, Buckston
John Cogswell, Chaplain, Saco


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Maj. S. Merrill's Command, Lieut. Col. J. Sprint's Regiment.
From Sept. 19 to Oct. 12, 1814. Stationed at Saco.
Rank and Name.
Samuel Merrill, Major
David Coffin, Adjutant
Joseph Stimpson, Captain
James Woodman, Jr., Captain
Isaac Felch, Lieutenant
David Coffin, Lieutenant
Asa Johnson, Ensign
Moses Dunn, Ensign

Charles Alden, Sergeant
Samuel Gilpatrick, Sergeant
Thomas Foster, Sergeant
James Pierce, Sergeant
Ebenezer Sawyer, Sergeant
Samuel Hill, Sergeant
Stephen Lane, Sergeant
William Woodman, Sergeant
Moses Dale, Musician
John N. Stinson, Musician
Thomas Wentworth, Musician
Stephen Hanson, Musician

Privates.
Joseph Adams
Elijah Allen
Theophilus Allen
Elisha Andrews, Jr.
Simeon Barker
Samuel Boothby
C. F. or T. Burlingham
Ira Chadbourne
Artherton Clark
Joshua Clark
Robert Cole
Jonathan Day
Jeremiah Dinger
Daniel Dole
Joseph Dunnell, Jr.
Joshua Durgin
Aaron Eaton
Otheil Elwell
John Field
Jabez Gordan
Jonathan Harmon
Samuel Harper, Jr.
Daniel Hill, Jr.
Thomas F. Kinsman
Silas Lane
Daniel Lord
Joel Miles
John Miles
John A. Morrill
Ezra Norris
John Norris
John Perkins
William Perry
Andrew Philpot
Moses Philpot
Richard Philpot
Nicholas Pierce
D. S. Spencer
John Spencer
Stephen Tarbox
Devenport Tucker
Isaac Woodman

Capt. J. Woodman's Company, Lieut. Col. J. Spring's Regiment.
From Sept. 19 to Oct. 12, 1814. On the sea shore as guard under Lieut. Col. J. Spring. Buxton Light Infantry Company.
Rank and Name.
James Woodman, Captain
David Coffin, Lieutenant
Moses Dunn, Ensign

Ebenezer Sawyer, Sergeant
Samuel Hill, Sergeant
Stephen Lane, Sergeant
William Woodman, Sergeant
Stephen Hanson, Musician
Thomas Wentworth, Musician

Privates.
Elisha Andrews
Ephraim Berry
Enoch Boothby
Carpenter J. Burlingham
Moses Davis
Joseph Dunnell, Jr.
Athiel Elwell
Daniel Hanson, Jr.
Elijah Hanson
Michael Hanson
Jonathan Harmon
Pelatiah Harmon
Daniel Hill, Jr.
Jabez Jordan
Silas Lane
James Lord
John Lord
Benjamin Lovett
John Merrill
John Moulton
William Owen
Richard Palmer
Jabez Pennell
Joseph Plaisted
James Sands
Samuel Sands
Henry Severs
D. S. Spencer
John Spencer
Samuel Towle
Isaac Woodman

Muster Roll of Capt. D. Appleton's Company, Lieut. Col. J. Spring's Regiment.
From Oct. 10 to Nov. 11, 1814. Raised at Buxton. Service at Saco.
Rank and Name.
Daniel Appleton Jr., Captain
Thomas Sands, Lieutenant
Joel Marshall, Ensign

Lemuel Foss, Sergeant
Rufus Foss, Sergeant
Samuel G. Bennett or Dennett, Sergeant
James Thompson, Musician
William Goodwin, Musician

Privates.
David Berry
Rufus Berry
Samuel Bond
Isaac Boynton
Joseph Cousins
D. E. Dean
Joseph Derham
Edmund Dresser
Haven Emery
Walter Fast
William Flood or Hood
Hezekiah Fogg
Thomas Goldthwight
Amos Gordon
William Haley
John Hanscomb, Jr.
Joseph Hanscomb
Simon Harding
James Harmon, Jr.
Stephen Harmon
Moses Henson


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Samuel Hill, Jr.
Samuel Hobson
William Hobson
Benning Hooker
Thomas Ladd
William Ladd
Isaac McCornison
Nathaniel Miller
Jacob Nutter
Elijah Owen
Aaron Patterson
John M. Patterson
Nathan Patterson
Richard Patterson
William Patterson
Joseph Ridlen
Justum Sawyer
Joshua Simpson
William Smith, Jr.
Joseph Staples
John Tarbox
Jonathan Tarbox
Samuel Tarbox
Samuel Tarbox, Jr.
Alexander Watson
James Wood
Levi Woodman
William Woodman

Muster Roll of Capt. S. Strout's Company, Lieut. Col. J. Spring's Regiment.
From Oct. 30 to Nov. 13, 1814. Raised at Limington. Service at Saco.
Rank and Name.
Solomon Strout, Captain
Henry Dole, Lieutenant
Elijah Chadbourn, Ensign

William Mills, Sergeant
William P. Mew (?), Sergeant
Elisha Strout, Sergeant
Richard Hamilton, Sergeant
Solomon McKinney, Musician
Moses Chase, Musician

Privates.
William Anderson
Silvanus Bangs
Samuel Brooks
Andrew Carpenter
Samuel Carpenter
James Chase
Edmund Darling or Furlong
Abraham Durgin
Brad Foster
Ebenezer Gould
Benjamin Grant
Aaron Haggens
Edward Hamilton
Thomas Hanson
John Heard
John Hopkins
Samuel Hopkins
Edward Imbener
David King
Jonathan Knight
Reuben Knock
Bracet Leavitt
Henry Lewis
Joseph Manson
Joseph Mesener
Rufus Mesener
Simon Nason
John Pitts
William Randell
James Richard
Thomas Robinson
Michael Sawyer
Ebenezer Small
Ephraim Small
Clement Smith
John Smith
John Smith, 2d
Joseph Strout
Samuel Strout
George Sutton
Simeon Walker
Joseph Woodward